Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Eau des Baux is, I'm not adding anything new here, an excellent fragrance. On my skin it turns more to smoky cypress than sweet vanilla, so many of you will envy me, although I'd actually prefer it the other way around, lol!
I was also impressed by the ultra-natural balanced black pepper of L'Occitan. Didn't try the Vetyver as I'm a bit fed up with vetivers, but reading as it isn't that much vetiver-prominent, I may give it a shot.
The Labdanum is also delicious!

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

I just picked up a bottle. Between a fragrancenet sale and ebates cash back, I got 100ml (I guess that's the only size it comes in) for $28.16 shipped. Can't beat that! And it's really excellent stuff. Honestly, if this exact same juice were sold online in a very heavy and classy bottle, people wouldn't even hesitate to pay $150+ for it.

I think it's funny how quick people are to look for reasons to dismiss it since it's cheap, but if it were expensive, people would look for reasons to praise it.

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Originally Posted by L'Homme Blanc Individuel

I just picked up a bottle. Between a fragrancenet sale and ebates cash back, I got 100ml (I guess that's the only size it comes in) for $28.16 shipped. Can't beat that! And it's really excellent stuff. Honestly, if this exact same juice were sold online in a very heavy and classy bottle, people wouldn't even hesitate to pay $150+ for it.

I think it's funny how quick people are to look for reasons to dismiss it since it's cheap, but if it were expensive, people would look for reasons to praise it.

I would rank EdB among the best of the affordables.

Wow. I love fragrance.net prices..but with shipping romania it's getting crazy expensive!
A bottle of EdB here is about 63$ I really want it but...when i see people getting ti for half the price! mrrrrr

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Originally Posted by cpp214

It's hard to beat this one for the price.
You can get a 100ml bottle for less than $60
and it's on par with the best designers and even
some niche fragrances in terms of quality.

Longevity and projection are outstanding.
For me, the incense and woods do a nice job
of balancing out the sweetness of the vanilla.

It's also versatile enough to be worn year round IMO,
just not on the hottest of summer days. A great fragrance.

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Originally Posted by NenMaster

If you have a partner that loves flowerbomb, expect compliments every time you wear it.

Funny you should say that. My girlfriend wears flowerbomb and Baux is one of the very few of my fragrances she's really not liked. She really dislikes it infact. "Smells like horrible medicine" apparently.

Baux is a funny one for me. I tested on skin and paper before I bought it and absolutely loved it. Couldn't stop sniffing my hand and the card I'd had it on. I then bought it and actually went off it enough to sell.

The first morning I sprayed it on my dressing gown I ended up having to put it in the washing machine as it was making me feel a bit nauseous !

I really like the sweet vanilla dry down but the first two or three hours or so for me are not particularly nice and are a bit headache inducing. I see my girlfriends point about it being a medicinal smell, I also see why so many people love it, however.

I've never done any layering of fragrances but I imagine this might be a good one to work it because of the sweet vanilla that sits in the background for so long.

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Never understood the near-uniform love around here for Baux. I don't dislike it, but it just seems a little pedestrian to me.
4 Voleurs was absolutely stunning, Vetyver is great, L'Occitane is nice, Baux leaves me lukewarm, and Verdon sucks.
Regardless, L'Occitane almost always put out fragrances that are worth more than their sticker price.
Baux still smells like a $100 fragrance, just not one that impresses me.

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Longevity is good, but the sillage/projection is close to the skin. Has someone tried the aftershave balm and showergel? I like this scent very much, and maby the showergel and balm will help improve the projection..

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Loved it--had a bottle when it first came out--used it all. Went to replace it recently and almost just bought it without trying again. I did, however, spray some on and my wife who was with me and had really loved it said that is smelled like Play-Doh and wouldn't let me buy it! Smelled the same to me, but she has to live with it, too...... From incense and knights to a child's putty toy.

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Originally Posted by Oslo-Fjord

Longevity is good, but the sillage/projection is close to the skin. Has someone tried the aftershave balm and showergel? I like this scent very much, and maby the showergel and balm will help improve the projection..

No doubt it is very good juice. Sillage and projection is above average on my skin.
Showergel is on my buy-list and will get a one soon

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Originally Posted by Oslo-Fjord

I think my bottle is quite new. Do you know if it has been any reformulation lately?

I don't know, but several new reviews on Fragrantica complain about projection and longevity, so who knows. My two bottles are from 2014. Bought one extra when the false rumour about discontinuation was floating around.

Edit: My bottle has production date 2013-04-16

Edit 2: Apparently some people on Fragrantica contacted L'Occitane because the longevity and projection was so bad on new bottles. L'Occitane responded that they had absolutely not reformulated Eau des Baux, but there might have been problems with some of the batches. So far this is all hearsay, but something is probably going on with Eau des Baux.

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

Originally Posted by Twilight99

I don't know, but several new reviews on Fragrantica complain about projection and longevity, so who knows. My two bottles are from 2014. Bought one extra when the false rumour about discontinuation was floating around.

Edit: My bottle has production date 2013-04-16

Edit 2: Apparently some people on Fragrantica contacted L'Occitane because the longevity and projection was so bad on new bottles. L'Occitane responded that they had absolutely not reformulated Eau des Baux, but there might have been problems with some of the batches. So far this is all hearsay, but something is probably going on with Eau des Baux.

Re: L'Occitane Eau de Baux!!

I have one with the old metal cap and the newer ones with the plastic caps. I hope they have not changed the formula, too.

"...put on clothes that are well-scented with incense. Even if you’re somewhere where no one special will see you, you still feel a heady sense of pleasure inside." Things that make your heart beat fast (translated by Meredith McKinney), Sei Shonagon. The Pillow Book.

"The sunset is deeper and longer. The scent of the jasmine is stronger." Miracles. Pet Shop Boys